Licence Lettres

The objectives of the general literature degree at the University of Aix-Marseille respond to the need to integrate original perspectives into disciplinary training in modern literature likely to meet the new expectations of students and the new needs of a richer and more diversified future professional integration. The new training architecture aims to develop learning in a set of contexts and practices allowing students to appropriate and decompartmentalize the knowledge provided to them.

With a common base and three standard courses are offered to students, this license aims to offer students, in addition to a broader general culture and an informed mastery of written and oral expression:

• a thorough literary and linguistic culture,

• expertise in the different disciplinary fields of literature (Linguistics, French literature, general and comparative literature, etc.),

• introduction to varied professional cultures depending on the specializations it offers. Based on a common foundation in French language and literature, three standard courses are offered to students:

See the other tabs of the site and the presentation of each course.

In undergraduate studies

The following are authorised to enrol in a Licence:

- Candidates who hold or are preparing a French baccalaureate

- Candidates who hold or are preparing for a French baccalaureate in the general, technological or vocational sciences.

- Candidates who hold or are preparing for a French baccalaureate in the general, technological or vocational sciences.

- Candidates who hold or are preparing for a French baccalaureate in the general, technological or vocational sciences.

- Candidates who hold or are preparing for a DAEU.

- Candidates who hold or are preparing for a DAEU.

- Candidates who hold or are preparing for a French level IV diploma other than a baccalaureate.

- Candidates who are nationals of a country other than France.

- Applicants who are nationals of the E.U., the EEA, the Swiss Confederation, the Principality of Monaco or Andorra, who hold or are in the process of obtaining a diploma giving access to European higher education.

- Candidates who are nationals of the E.U., the EEA, the Swiss Confederation, the Principality of Monaco or Andorra, who hold or are in the process of obtaining a diploma equivalent to the French baccalaureate (diploma obtained outside the E.U.).

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N.B : Candidates who are not nationals of the E.U., the EEA, the Swiss Confederation, the Principality of Monaco or Andorra, who hold or are in the process of obtaining a diploma equivalent to the French baccalaureate (U.E or non-EU) do not go through APB, but through the DAP procedure.

In licence:

Allowed to enrol in a licence are candidates who hold a baccalaureate or a DAEU.

Holders of another diploma: https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/scolarite_admissions

Intended for reading and writing, for reflection and exchange on literature and the French language. At AMU, it is advisable to choose the Modern Letters course prerequisite offered in the 2nd semester of the 1st year of the portal.

The Letters degree is organized into:

1. a common core of fundamental disciplinary knowledge: • in-depth knowledge of literatures in their diversity – genres, periods and spaces, themes, etc. – and of the main critical approaches to literary fact, • practical and theoretical knowledge of methods of analyzing texts, works and speeches, • knowledge of the French language in the diversity of its uses.

2. Pathways that develop specific objectives and skills. These courses are prepared in L1 in S1 and S2 teaching units and become effective in L2 and L3:

The “Modern Letters” course

The “Letters and Books” course

The “Letters and Writings” course

The introduction to research is part of the progressive specialisation of the training in modern literature and the preparation for further study after the licence. In the third year, students are made more aware of the tools and problems of current research in French and comparative literature and in French language and linguistics.

The Bachelor of Arts offers a high level of training articulating, through its various specializations:

• general and specialised disciplinary knowledge:

• in French and Francophone literature,
• in general and comparative literature,
• in French language and linguistics

  • methodological skills: explanation and analysis of texts, analytical tools in literature and linguistics, dissertation and argumentation, documentary research, writing critical and creative essays, translation of texts,

  • and cross-cutting skills : foreign language and computer science.

Core discipline competencies:

• identify and situate literary and artistic productions in their context from a historical, comparative and critical perspective

• analyze and interpret modern and ancient texts and discourses, in their explicit and implicit issues

• know how to decipher and analyse the functioning of the French and/or Latin and Greek language from a linguistic point of view

• to access and develop an adapted, diversified and embodied practice of the language, both written and spoken

• mobilize relevant and adapted critical tools and methods

; a text, a corpus or a record from a given or constructed perspective, whether linguistic, philological, literary or comparative

• construct a relevant and effective argument and render critical (text commentary, synthesis, language study...) or creative (stories, fictions, scripts, poetry...)

Each typical pathway adds to it specific disciplinary skills or deepens previous ones (see section « Structure and organization »).

Cross-cutting and professional skills:

• mastering written and oral expression

• know how to argue, make analyses and synthesize

• master the digital tools of reference and office automation

• master oral and written expression in at least one foreign language

• demonstrate autonomy, initiative and method in personal and team work.

For non-compulsory internships, the establishment of the internship agreement is ensured with the support of the UFR administration via the ipro platform http://ipro.univ-amu.fr

This platform allows students to access and apply for internship and job offers, to follow up on their applications, to request authorization for an internship from their academic supervisor and to complete their internship agreement.

The tutorial projects

The tutored projects allow students to work in conditions close to those of a company, with support from the teachers of the course.

The training offers varied teaching methods and is open to innovative devices. The common core courses, combining common courses and group courses, and the speciality courses encourage different types of articulation between theory and practice, both written and oral.

The course is designed to be a learning experience for all students.

• E1105 Coordination d'édition (fr)
• K2104 Éducation et surveillance au sein d'établissements d'enseignement (fr)
• K1601 Gestion de l'information et de la documentation (fr)
• E1106 Journalisme et information média (fr)
• E1305 Préparation et correction en édition et presse (fr)

• 131G Littérature appliquée à la documentation, communication, lettres et enseignement (fr)
• 131D Littérature et philosophie (fr)
• 131B Sémiotique de la littérature (fr)

Classics  type course:

• the research and primary, secondary and higher education thirds
• métiers of heritage, tourism and cultural mediation
• the third sector of books and publishing

Modern Letters :

• research and primary, secondary and higher education
• méthirds of research and documentation
• the book and publishing sector
• métiers of heritage, tourism and cultural médiation
• administrative positions in the local and state civil service (all A and B category competitions) and the private sector
• any management position involving reactive, oral and relational skills

Style course Writings :

• literary writing, creation and translation
• one third of publishing
• culture and communication
• any job requiring a variety of expert reactive skills and fluency in writing, especially for audiovisual and digital media

The student has a regular teacher, the Director of Studies. They benefit from regular and individualised follow-up, supported by courses on the methodology of university work adapted to their discipline.

The homecoming days allow the student to get to know the department, the services of the University, the optional courses, to visit the University Library, to get to know the Common Documentation Service (SCD).

The Practice training, compulsory for L1, is a discovery of the Digital Working Environment ENT, of the AMETICE pedagogical platform, of the institutional mail (http://cipe.univ-amu.fr)

For students entering the course after authorisation from the P&E Commission, a refresher course may be offered (in certain cases, substitution of a French language UE for a Foreign Modern Language for example).

The course is offered in the form of a course of study in French.

Special arrangements for the mention, e.g. tutoring.

Progressive orientation in licence 1 or entry into licence 2 within the framework of the portals or according to a procedure proposed by the directions of studies and the Pedagogical Commission. The multi-disciplinary nature of Licence 1 and the options available in Licence 2 encourage progressive orientation (conservation of credits and most grades).

The programme is designed for students who have already completed their first year of study.

In the second year, students follow a course of study on orientation, professional and digital projects. This is a compulsory course each semester (2 x 3 weeks), which is taught by professionals. The objective is to accompany the student in the construction of his/her orientation. It is a question of providing general information and methodological content for seeking information in order to enable the student to enrich his or her career prospects and to gradually develop his or her choices. It is also a question of providing students with preparation for integration: knowledge of the socio-professional environment specific to the course, introduction to the tools of integration and the search for work placements. For students who are destined for teaching in the first degree, the ESPE offers options known as UE Pro MEEF: UE for professionalization in the fields of teaching and training. A sensitisation UE is proposed in licence 2 and two UEs to deepen the coverage of the field in licence 3. For the 1st degree, teacher training courses are organised within the licence mentions. In addition to these pro MEEF courses, there is training in mathematics, science and French. These courses are coupled with 24-hour observation periods in a professional environment and allow for active orientation of students.

Compulsory modern language teaching, from the 1st to the 3rd year:

A rich offer of modern languages at the University of Aix-Marseille, accessible at all levels of education.

A very rich offer in modern languages at the University of Aix-Marseille, accessible at the beginning or continuing level (except in the 3rd year), provided by the LANSAD in the UFR ALLSH.

Exchange programmes

Letters students are strongly encouraged to go abroad during their studies. The Bachelor of Arts degree also attracts many foreign students on exchange programmes.

To accompany the projects of séjour &eagrave; létranger and the reception of étudiants internationaux :

• in the training departments: an international relations manager, and a team of tutor teachers

• in the UFR ALLSH : the joint service of International Relations

More than 40 active agreements with institutions in Europe (Erasmus+) and outside Europe, open to all students of the Bachelor of Arts Others are particularly associated:

• with the Scripture-type course: Algeria, Denmark, Scotland

• to the Classics type course: universities of Thessaloniki, Turin, Lecce, Venice, Hamburg

Schooling: https://allsh.univ-amu.fr/contacts-scolarite